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It had been two days since the Gathering and ThunderClan had not yet suffered another attack. Mousewhisker was back to full warrior duties, and the Clan was running as normal. Now that the Clan knew that ShadowClan was under attack as well, every Clan suspected that either WindClan or RiverClan would be next.
Ivypool shook her head. They'll have to deal with them themselves for now. She flopped down in the sun of newleaf.
"You're on patrol today, Ivypool." Squirrelflight stalked over to where the she-cat was laid down. "You can relax when you get back." The deputy had a glimmer of amusement in her eyes.
Ivypool sighed and stood up. "Okay, who am I with?" She asked.
"Me and Spiderleg," Squirrelflight replied, "We're patrolling the border."
When the three cats reached the ShadowClan border, they all smelled rotting tree, and damp earth. "The DarkForest!" Squirrelflight warned, "Get down."
The three cats crouched down, surveying their surroundings.
"I think I see them," meowed Ivypool, "over by that clump of ferns."
The other cats followed her gaze to see a scarred warrior taking shelter behind the plants. Thornheart!
Unnoticed by Thornheart, the cats crept up behind him, and pounced.
The scarred tom turned to face them, tail lashing and teeth bared. While Squirrelflight and Spiderleg went after his face, Ivypool landed, screeching, squarely on his back. Her slight weight was not enough to knock him down. Spiderleg leaped up, turned, and knocked Thornheart's paws from under him, causing the tom to fall down.
Just then, the other six attackers from the DarkForest jumped down, from trees and brush. Some of them were obviously not ThunderClan born, by the way they landed unsteadily and took a while to regain balance.
The border patrol took the advantage of their opponent's confusion to strike. While Spiderleg alone took on the recovered Thornheart and Elmclaw, Squirrelflight and Ivypool teamed up against the rest - Redwillow, Frosttalon, Snowtuft, Greyclaw, and Eaglepelt.
Screeching, the patrol fought as loud as they could, so a nearby patrol could hear them. Ivypool soon found out that one of the cats – Eaglepelt – had broken a paw. As soon as Squirrelflight and Ivypool attacked, the she-cat had collapsed.
It soon became clear that the four cats from the DarkForest were trying to separate them, so they would be weaker. The patrol stayed close together, fighting not to be carried away.
Ivypool smacked a paw down hard on Frosttalon's muzzle, claws unsheathed. He retaliated by kicking his back legs at her, and she flew into a tree.
Rapidly, Ivypool tried to remember what Hawkfrost had taught her in one of the training sessions at night. He used all four paws to drive his enemies away. Ivypool improvised her technique, making Frosttalon and Snowtuft come at her. She then kicked at Greyclaw, who was trying to sneak up from behind, then dropping for less than a second before lashing out again at the two toms approaching from the front.
Greyclaw quickly hurried to help Redwillow, who was one-on-one with Squirrelflight, who seemed to be winning for the time being.
Ivypool was too busy to sneak a glance to see how Spiderleg was doing.
She had dealt some major injuries to her attackers, but she was wearing down, and Snowtuft realized it.